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What Modern Console Tables Work Best in UK Flats
April 29, 2026

What Modern Console Tables Work Best in UK Flats

UK flats come in many forms and each carries its own demands on furniture. A modern console table can quietly resolve awkward layouts, mark zones in open plan rooms and add warmth to neutral schemes. This guide looks at the shapes, finishes and placements that suit British flats best, from Victorian conversions to new build apartments. We explore floating designs for tight floor plans, materials that read lighter to the eye and the role a console can play behind a sofa or beside a kitchen island. Practical advice on length, depth and tenancy considerations runs throughout the piece. At Furniture in Fashion we offer a broad selection of modern console tables suited to flats across the UK, with free delivery and clear specifications. Whether the space is a studio in the city or a one bed in the suburbs, the right console can lift the room....

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What Modern Console Tables Help Improve Space in UK Homes
April 29, 2026

What Modern Console Tables Help Improve Space in UK Homes

Many British homes are working with thoughtful, compact floor plans, and every piece of furniture has to earn its place. A modern console table is one of the more flexible options, because its slim profile fits where other tables cannot, and its surface supports a long list of daily routines. Drawers tidy small items, lower shelves hold baskets and books, and reflective tops lift rooms with limited natural light. Wooden tones bring calm into busy schemes, while careful proportions keep walls feeling settled. A console can also move with you through the seasons of life, from hallway to bedroom to home office, taking on a fresh role each time. This guide covers how the right console can quietly improve space in UK homes by adding storage, organisation, and considered styling without crowding the floor or competing with the rest of the room....

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What Modern Console Tables Work Best in UK Living Rooms
April 29, 2026

What Modern Console Tables Work Best in UK Living Rooms

British living rooms balance comfort with quiet style, and a modern console table can quietly support that role when chosen with care. The right design depends on the proportions of the room, the colour palette, and the way the space is used day to day. Slim profiles suit compact terraces, glass tops lift rooms with limited natural light, and marble surfaces add a soft sense of luxury without feeling heavy. Wooden tones still work beautifully alongside fireplaces and picture rails, bridging older British details with a fresh modern silhouette. Styling matters too. A few well chosen pieces, a soft pool of lamp light, and a little breathing room can turn a console into the calm centre of a living room. This guide walks through finishes, placements, and small practical details that help a console table feel at home in any UK living room....

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What Modern Side Tables Work Best Next to Sofas in UK Homes
April 29, 2026

What Modern Side Tables Work Best Next to Sofas in UK Homes

The relationship between a sofa and the table beside it is more important than people often realise. A poorly matched side table will be ignored, knocked into, or left bare. A well chosen one becomes part of how you actually use the room. In British homes, where sofas often face windows or sit against an awkward wall, the side table has to work with the geometry rather than against it. We look at what makes a sofa side table genuinely useful, from getting the height in line with the arm and matching the visual weight to the seating, through to choosing materials that handle daily life without showing every mark. The result is guidance for British living rooms where the side table next to the sofa earns its place every evening rather than gathering dust....

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What Modern Side Tables Work Best in UK Living Rooms
April 29, 2026

What Modern Side Tables Work Best in UK Living Rooms

Side tables have become a quiet workhorse in British living rooms, holding a cup of tea, a lamp or a paperback without drawing attention to themselves. The right modern design can shift the feel of an entire room, while the wrong one becomes an obstacle. UK homes range from compact terraces to airy new builds, so what works in one setting may feel out of place in another. We look at the materials and shapes that genuinely suit modern British living rooms, from glass and metal pieces that lighten a corner through to solid wood, high gloss and marble designs that bring warmth or polish. We also cover practical considerations such as height, scale and how British weather quietly affects how furniture wears in everyday use. The aim is to help you choose a side table that earns its place every day rather than one bought purely for show....

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You’ve Heard Of Hygge. But Have You Heard Of Lagom?
January 17, 2017

You’ve Heard Of Hygge. But Have You Heard Of Lagom?

If you’ve been embroiled in interior design projects over the last year or so and have bought all sorts of lovely living room furniture, then you’re sure to have come across the term ‘hygge’ before. The concept of hygge, a Scandinavian word, is basically all about being cosy, comfortable and enjoying a simpler more relaxed way of life. Head off to Instagram and search for the hashtag #hygge if you want to see what all the fuss is about and to get a few ideas as to how you could incorporate this trend into your own home. It’s all about calm colour palettes, natural textures and materials, and minimalistic clean lines when it comes to interior design and hygge – and the best thing about Instagram is that it couldn’t be easier to find inspiration for your home décor on the site. However, there’s a new kid on the block when it comes to interior trends and if you’ve somehow missed the hygge furore, you might want to bypass it in favour of the Swedish concept of ‘lagom’. This might actually be a bit easier to translate as an idea into interior design, since it means ‘just the right amount’. Think of...

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6 Interior Design Trends For 2017
December 21, 2016

6 Interior Design Trends For 2017

With a new year on the horizon, no doubt many of you are planning home improvement projects to give your house a new lease of life. If you’ve got something in the pipeline for your property, it would make sense to do a bit of research to see what interior design trends are likely to make waves in the year ahead. Here are just a couple that have caught our eye here at Furniture in Fashion. Hygge This is something that’s really come to the fore over the last few months or so and we predict that it’ll only get bigger over the next 12 months. It’s a Danish word that encompasses the feeling that you get when you take real pleasure in making everyday moments meaningful and special. It’s about cosiness, security, family, happiness, simplicity and reassurance… which for your home means creating a space that allows you and your family and friends to spend time together unwinding and relaxing, enjoying a slower pace of life. Natural tones Next year, more natural rustic shades will take centre stage, with hues like indigo, terracotta, olive and cinnamon, as well as copper and silver accents making waves in homes around the world. Mustard – which...

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A Sleek White Living Room With A Twist: 7 Decoration Tips
February 19, 2016

A Sleek White Living Room With A Twist: 7 Decoration Tips

Decorating a sleek living room with a twist is not difficult — here, the trick is in adding splashes of colour into your white room palette, as well as investing into some bright, eye-catching accessories. If you are looking for more specific examples, take a look at these simple seven tips on decorating a sleek white living room with a twist: A contrasting black pair One of the simplest ideas on a sleek white living room that comes to mind is to include a pair of black contrasting units into the decoration picture. A black tempered glass coffee table and a matching TV stand can be a very nice start. However, it is possible to choose any other furniture units — for example, a coffee table and a console table can also have the job done. Bright accent shades Or, you can go even further and explore some really bright contrasts. A scarlet red sofa with a couple of matching accessories can become an unforgettable decoration element in your white living room, giving your decoration setting a fresh and memorable twist. Paired with matching curtains, or picture frames, or a simple rug, a bright sofa will fit in perfectly in a white living room. One...

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A Sofa, A TV Stand & A Coffee Table: What Other Living Room Furniture Should I Have?
December 12, 2015

A Sofa, A TV Stand & A Coffee Table: What Other Living Room Furniture Should I Have?

There is plenty of buzz on how to decorate very compact living rooms. Yet, what about the spacious ones? It is quite obvious that a typical living room interior presupposes a sofa, a coffee table, and a TV stand — still, what other living room furniture  should I have if there is plenty more space in the room? Here are just some of the most impressive suggestions for a spacious room that have what it takes to boost not only your room functionality, but also its style: living room   Dining area If there is plenty more space left in your living room, the best idea would be to equip it with a dining area. It is not going to be difficult to find a dining set that would match your current arrangements. Dining tables come in genuine wood, high gloss, glass, as well as different combinations of the above, so you will easily find a set to match your living room style. parma  Bar area Yet another suggestion for a spacious modern living room is a bar area. You can either go with a fully functional bar stand and a set of bar chairs, or simply use high counter height table instead of a stand....

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